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News from Law Union of Ontario

The Law Union of Ontario, founded in 1974, is a coalition of over 200 progressive lawyers, law students, and legal workers.

According to their website, the Law Union "provides for an alternative bar in Ontario which seeks to counter the traditional protections afforded by the legal system to social, political and economic privilege. By demystifying legal procedures, attacking discriminatory and oppressive legislation, arguing progressive new applications of the law, and democratizing legal practice, the Law Union strives to develop collective approaches to bring about social justice."

Date February 25, 2012 Time 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (registration starts at 8:30 a.m.)Where Victoria College at the University of Toronto Email law.union.of.ontario@gmail.com

Panels will discuss topics including the omnibus crime bill, the right to strike and back-to-work legislation, insights from the Insite decision, the Occupy movement, the place of politics in the courtroom, criminal justice issues affecting Aboriginal people, advocating for change in policing, the constitutionality of capacity and consent, and extractive industries and Indigenous peoples.

This conference features, among others, panels on the right to housing challenge, HIV-related criminal prosecutions, the Bedford decision and the decriminalization of prostitution, plus two panels on G20-related topics.